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February 22, 2017

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: selected officials

UEFA Referees Committee has appointed the following (nine) officials to handle matches at the 2017 European Under-21 Championship, to be held in Poland from 16 to 30 June 2017. All selected officials belong to Category 1. More info will be added in due course.

Does that mean that Robert Madden is ahead of Oliver and Taylor in terms of a possible promotion to Elite?? Or may we conclude that Collina has planned something even greater for Oliver and Taylor in this Europa League season?? 🤔

Of course, we can't make such statements. The call of Madden is not related to Oliver, I guess that for the Scottish this was an opportunity and committee agreed on the fact that another referee at high level for this country should follow soon. We can assume that Thomson will retire in a few time, so after Collum another Scottish should develop. For Oliver and Taylor there could be indeed more interesting plans. Please don't forget that Oliver already attended a Under 19 UEFA Euro tournament in 2013 and also a FIFA Under 17 World Cup, officiating the final.So, I would say, at youth level, he has been already tested and now he could go directly for something more.

That's a very valid point Chefren!! I've a feeling that one of these 2 English referees namely Oliver and Taylor will be pushed in this season of Europa League... Let's see how well they progress in future!!

In my view, he has established as a reliable referee in Bundesliga. In terms of fitness, confidence and decision-taking he is clearly meeting the requirements. The main task for DFB and himself will probably be working on his personality which will come by experience.

For a 1989 born official, he is exceptionally talented, that is for sure.